Novice Youth

Appaloosa Youth Association novice eligibility will now be calculated
by class. You may be eligible to show in any novice class if you have
less than 20 points in that group of classes and if you have not won
a National or World title in that class. For example: you are eligible
to show in novice showmanship if you have less than 20 total combined
points in any age group showmanship class and English showmanship class
and if you have not won a national or world title in any showmanship
class (excluding walk-trot). If you are ineligible for novice showmanship
for any reason (such as having earned too many showmanship points),
you may still be eligible to show in any other novice youth class if
you meet requirements for that class.

Novice points will be accrued to the youth’s novice record regardless
of whether or not the youth is eligible to earn points as determined
by their relationship to the owner of the horse. Once the 20-point total
is reached, the youth will no longer be able to show in that novice
class at the end of the calendar year. However, these points will not
count toward year-end high-point awards or accumulative lifetime awards.

Please refer to the ApHC Web site for complete rules regarding novice
youth eligibility. You can access the Official
Rule Book of the Appaloosa Horse Club from the main Web site.